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Swede

(33,206 posts) Sat Aug 26, 2017, 02:53 PM Aug 2017

Abraham never fit in. Hisham finally felt at home. Then their worlds collided in western Arkansas.

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Abraham never fit in. Hisham finally felt at home. Then their worlds collided in western Arkansas. (Original Post) Swede Aug 2017 OP

Thanks for posting this. I hope the Muslim community in Fort Smith Tanuki Aug 2017 #1

Tanuki

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1. Thanks for posting this. I hope the Muslim community in Fort Smith

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Sat Aug 26, 2017, 03:33 PM

Aug 2017

will have no further desecration of their mosque and that they will be accepted as the good citizens of the community that they have shown themselves to be. I also hope that the young man who repented what he had done can keep on a positive track from now on and prove himself worthy of the forgiveness and second chance.

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